Author(s)

Belal Alsinglawi¹, Quang Vinh Nguyen^1,2, Upul Gunawardana¹, Anthony Maeder³, Simeon Simoff^1,2

¹School of Computing, Mathematics, and Engineering, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
²MARCS Institute, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
³School of Health Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

Elderly inhabitants have a strong influence to healthcare facilities globally in the last few years as a result of the high demand on the healthcare services and the gap between the services provided by caregivers and the increasing number of older people. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies have been increasingly adopted in smart homes and used widely for indoor localisation. These technologies have been benefiting to healthcare domain where they improve the quality of services delivering by healthcare providers. This article presents a comprehensive review on RFID systems and healthcare research works in smart homes. We also compare RFID-based solutions in healthcare and distinguish challenges of smart home technologies in indoor environment. We also discuss research challenges related to Activity in Daily Living (ADL) in smart homes for wellbeing.

RFID, Smart Homes, Healthcare, Activity of Daily Living, Localisation

Alsinglawi, B. , Nguyen, Q. , Gunawardana, U. , Maeder, A. and Simoff, S. (2017) RFID Systems in Healthcare Settings and Activity of Daily Living in Smart Homes: A Review. E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks, 6, 1-17. doi: 10.4236/etsn.2017.61001.